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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rishi Sunak faces a daunting test on May 2 when voters in England and Wales go to the polls in a crucial set of local elections, with polling suggesting his Conservatives are heading for a

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Thursday that would have granted a Palestinian state full UN membership, killing a move proposed by Algeria. Twelve of the 15 members of the UN Security

The US will vote against a UN Security Council resolution later on Thursday that would grant a Palestinian state full UN membership, killing a move proposed by Algeria. “The United States is voting no on this proposed security council resolution,” state department spokesman Vedant Patel said, adding that Washington sees direct negotiations between Israel and

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Google chief executive Sundar Pichai has shaken up the tech giant’s top ranks and structure to speed up its development and rollout of artificial intelligence products, after facing criticism for falling behind rivals such as

The US House of Representatives is expected to vote this weekend on sending $60bn in new military aid to Ukraine, a move that could end a months-long stalemate in Washington at a time Kyiv is starting to lose ground in its attempt to repel Russian aggression. But the package unveiled earlier this week by Mike

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Media myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Netflix’s operating income surged 54 per cent in the first quarter as it added 9.3mn subscribers worldwide, proving that its crackdown on password sharing has had more lasting benefits than some investors expected. The streaming pioneer reported

The EU has offered to strike a deal to allow 18-30-year-old UK citizens to work and study in the bloc for up to four years. The European Commission on Thursday said it would seek member state approval to open talks with the UK to restore the ability of young people in the EU and UK

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Some lenders to Thames Water would lose up to 40 per cent of their money under government contingency plans to nationalise Britain’s biggest water company dubbed “Project Timber”. The utility, which supplies 16mn people —

The UK government has told the country’s port authorities that it will not “turn on” critical health and safety checks for EU imports when post-Brexit border controls begin this month because of the risk of “significant disruption”. In a presentation seen by the Financial Times, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) outlined

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. European and Arab leaders and diplomats have warned that Iran’s attack on Israel risks relieving pressure that had been building on Israel to agree to a ceasefire in Gaza and ease the humanitarian crisis in

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. More than a dozen smaller EU states fought back against efforts to unify Europe’s fragmented capital markets, highlighting the torturous politics around the decade-long financial reform effort. France recently led a push — backed by

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Meta has released a new and less “sanctimonious” version of its artificial intelligence model, as the social media group races against Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Google to develop the cutting edge technology. Facebook’s parent company said

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Cyber Security myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A few weeks ago, a friend was about to have life-saving brain surgery in Boston when her operation was suddenly cancelled. The reason? A unit of UnitedHealth, the gigantic American conglomerate, suffered a ransomware attack,

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The IMF has warned that the Israel-Hamas war is likely to have a long-lasting impact on the Middle East and north Africa, as its managing director said that Gaza’s economy was “wiped out”. In its

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Donald Trump’s “hush money” case hit a fresh snag on Thursday as one of seven painstakingly selected jurors was sent home after family and friends pieced together her identity from publicly reported details, while another

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tehran has warned Israel it could review its nuclear stance if its atomic facilities are threatened, as tensions rise following Iran’s attack on Israeli territory last weekend. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday it may

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Two, seemingly contradictory, stories are told about the impact of artificial intelligence. The first is that the industry will be dominated by a handful of giant tech companies, which boast the data, compute power and

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ken Griffin’s Citadel has agreed a ‘‘dramatic increase” of its London office footprint, with a deal to move into British Land’s new flagship City tower. Hedge fund Citadel and its sister firm, market-maker Citadel Securities,

Liz Truss would love it if, for one week only, this feature could be known as “Lunch with the Deep State”. After all, only a few weeks ago, Truss launched an audacious attempt to become the FT’s new global brand ambassador, waving a copy of the newspaper around at a rightwing conference in Washington, declaring

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Two senior women are leaving BP in the first major changes to the company’s management team since the departure last year of chief executive Bernard Looney in a scandal over his past relationships with colleagues.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A fifty-something friend emailed the other day: “Will likely stop full-time work this year . . . retirement beckons!” I was surprised, because it seemed only about 15 minutes ago that he’d been my twenty-something student-housemate, sprawled on the